Navigating the Shift
Thoughts and Realizations… I’ve operated with a preparedness, homesteading and frugality mindset for most of my adult life. Even with all the skills I’ve obtained and the progress I’ve made (paying off debt, for example) the effects of the pandemic have still caught me a little off guard. I guess we all operate within normalcy bias. It’s always been in the back of my mind that an economic disruption or even collapse was probable in my lifetime. The main issue I’m trying to work around is how isolating this version of it is. My plan, should we start to see breakdowns in services, was to organize locally with my friends, neighbors and family to address whatever needed to be handled. But with the need to self quarantine, we’ve got a committee of two here to get more actions and plans in place. Fortunately it’s spring and there’s no shortage of…